multiple search field Everything-like search solution?
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:27 am
Hello everyone!
I am trying to build a list of items that I can search instantly.
At first, I created dummy files inside a folder and was able to filter them out with Everything Search. Example :
baloon
frog
hat
car
Later on I made my items list a little more sophisticated by prefixing them with their size in cm
24 baloon
12 frog
31 hat
08 car
Again, amazing, I could instantly filter out all the objects that aren't size 24
Now, however, I'm facing a difficulty :
I would like to be able to search for and sort by 5 different criteria types, however, some of them share the same words (the name of an object can be another's brand) or numbers (a size, a rank), which makes, despite my best efforts, the way I've set up searching/excluding/filtering/sorting of items very confusing. That's why I am looking for a kind of Everything Search solution with 5 different search fields. I would love to be able to focus on one criteria at the time and still have all of them actively filtering the results in the background. What I really love about Everything Search, beside it's speed and stability is
- the diacritics : I couldn't reach my goal without them
- the instantaneity : each modification of the content of the search field is immediately reflected in the displayed results
- the color highlighting : customizing Everything search to display in bright red the searched string of characters in the list of results helps a lot to understand what I'm seeing
Could you recommend me a solution to have five search fields side by side ? As you can guess, I'm no expert!
Cheers
Happyman
I am trying to build a list of items that I can search instantly.
At first, I created dummy files inside a folder and was able to filter them out with Everything Search. Example :
baloon
frog
hat
car
Later on I made my items list a little more sophisticated by prefixing them with their size in cm
24 baloon
12 frog
31 hat
08 car
Again, amazing, I could instantly filter out all the objects that aren't size 24
Now, however, I'm facing a difficulty :
I would like to be able to search for and sort by 5 different criteria types, however, some of them share the same words (the name of an object can be another's brand) or numbers (a size, a rank), which makes, despite my best efforts, the way I've set up searching/excluding/filtering/sorting of items very confusing. That's why I am looking for a kind of Everything Search solution with 5 different search fields. I would love to be able to focus on one criteria at the time and still have all of them actively filtering the results in the background. What I really love about Everything Search, beside it's speed and stability is
- the diacritics : I couldn't reach my goal without them
- the instantaneity : each modification of the content of the search field is immediately reflected in the displayed results
- the color highlighting : customizing Everything search to display in bright red the searched string of characters in the list of results helps a lot to understand what I'm seeing
Could you recommend me a solution to have five search fields side by side ? As you can guess, I'm no expert!
Cheers
Happyman